Washing-machine.



N. LOMBARD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 4, 1909.

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NATHANIEL LOMBARD, or Anson, oHIo.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I., N ATHANIEL LOMBARD, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which -v the following isa specicatiom v This invention lrelates to washing machines.

The object of this invention is to produce a device comprising a receptacle adapted to contain an aqueous solution, kpreferably containing suitable chemical ingredients for the removal o f the foreign matter contained in clothes, said receptacle being so shaped that the clothes during the washing process' will be constant-lyl subjected to agitation, by reason of the employment of means for solution.

s producing a whirling motion of the aqueous The invention further contemplates pro-` viding a receptacle to contain an aqueous solution in which theclothes are deposited provided with means for constantly permitting the escapefof the solution therefrom into a separate chamber which drains to a pump and from which it is forced upwardly4 said lsolution will be pumped in a constant stream and so directedl as to keep the clothes in constant motionlor agitation by a whirling motion so that vfnuch better results will be obtained from the use of the solution -in which'they are placed than ifthis'solution was constantly changed by an admixture of fresh water therewith, provision being made for drawing the solution from the receptacle atf the termination of the cleansing operation.

A still furtherobject isto construct a de! vice of this kind adapted both for-laundry- .and domestic purposes, wherein the clothes Specification of Letters Patent. j lPggtieyjlted Dec, Application filed February 4, 1909; Serial No. 476,023.

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will be thoroughly cleansed without rubbing or danger of tearing or disintegration of the fabric and in which the only agitation to which they .are subjected is 'the agitation produced by constantly acting jets of cleanj ing fluid so directed as to keep them wliirling in a suitable receptacle.

With the foregoing Aand other. objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting theminvention to be here inafter speciflcallydescribed 'and illustrated in the accompanying' drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the different figures: Figure l is a perspective view of a washing machine embodying thisinvention. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the device approximately, on line X of' Fig. l; and, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a complete device approximately on line Y of Fig. 2. ,l `f Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numerals l denote upwardly-extending corner posts constituting the supportingmedium for the device. rlhese posts are each provided with a longitudinally-extending groove or rabbet 2 having the side faces thereof formed at an angle of 90 degrees. Extending between the posts and adapted to be seated in the grooves 2 of the posts l are side pieces 3, 3, with their abutting ends mitered in order to properly seat in said grooves. The device is further provided -with a floor 4. rll'he pieces 3, 3, forming eachside, are preferably connected by tongue and groove joints and the floor is connected with the sides' by similar joints.

In order to securely unite the entire device together, a plurality of horizontally-extending bolts 5 are employed 'which extend through the posts l and are provided with nuts 6 by which the side pieces 3 and floor 4 are tightly clamped into snug engagement with one another.

Mounted within the framejust described is a metallic receptacle compri-sing side lplates 7 fitting snugly' against the sides of the frame provided with lateral flanges 8 which overlap and are secured to the upper placed the clothes to be cleaned, preferably constructed of sheet metal having anges 9 at one end adapted to overlap the end of the frame and be there held by holdfast devices 10 andA from thence it extends inwardly forming a trough 11 for a purpose to be later described. F rom thence it depends to s form a cylindrical or pear-shaped receptacle the side portions 7. The floor of the devicel the chamber 17 12 terminating onthe opposite side with a rolled rim 13. The portion of the receptacle which terminates with the rolled rim 13 is.

spaced apart from its respective end of the frame, which is also covered by a sheet of metal 14, preferably formed integral with between the receptacle 12 and the end which is covered by the covering 14 is also covered by a hollow member 15 united with the portion 14 and which also extends upwardly constituting a wall 16 which unites with the wall of the receptacle 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. rThis formation divides the space inclosed bythe frame into a main receptacle 12 in which is placed the solution and the clothes to be washed and which is preferably cylindrical or pear-shaped as desired and also into a second receptacle, hereinafter designated as a chamber and referred to by the reference numeral 17. The wall of the receptacle 12 immediatelybelow'the rolled rim 13 is providedwith a plurality of openings 18 through which the surplus vsolution contained in the receptacle 12 escapes into he floor of the chamber 1-7 isrovided with an opening 19, hereinafter esignated as the outlet and a separate opening 20 in which is mounted an upwardly-extending pipe21 connected with a laterally-extending pipe 22 to which is secured a transversely-extending head 23 pro- Vided with a plurality of downwardlyturned nozzles 24 which are so disposed that fluid issuing therefrominto the receptacle 12 will cause a circulatory or whirling motion of theliquid contained in said receptacle. s

Secured to the floor 4 of the frame of the device s a pump 25 adapted to be operated by a motor 26. The pump 25 is in open communication with both the opening 19 in the floor of the chamber 17 andr also with the upwardly-extending pipe 20 so that a fluid drawn or flowing by gravity from the cham# ber 17 into the cylinder of the pump will be forced upwardly by the action thereof matic, for the reason that any preferred type of motor may be lused, as has just been described. v

The receptacle 12 i provided with a drainage tube 27 adapted to be closed by a suitable closure member 28, so vthat when it is desired towithdraw the contents of the receptacle 12, the stopper is removedand the fluid'therein is permitted to escape through the medium of the tube 27. l

The operation of this device is as follows: The receptacle 12 and chamber 17 are filled with a suitable fluid, containing, if desired, materials for effectually cleaning the clothes and the height of the fluid will be ap roximately equal to the position occupied y the openings 18. The clothes to be cleaned are then placed in the receptacle and the pump started which draws the water contained in the chamber 17 intol the pump which forces it upwardly through the pipe 21 and out through the nozzles 24 into the-receptacle 12 andthe force of water issuing from the nozzles 24 will be suliicient to cause the clothes in the solution contained in the receptacle to move in a circular path with a whirling motion which causes the 4clothes to be tumbled and turned over bylthe whirling motion, causing all portions ofthe clothes to be subjected both to the cleansing action of the liquid and alsoto a certain extent to the action of the current of liquid Yfrom the nozzles 24, thereby effectu'ally removing dirt operation of the pump is continued until' all liquidwhichis vcontained in the chamber 17 has been forced therefromand the chamber emptied through thejnozz1es'24 `into the receptacle 12, from which `it escapes by the tube 27, VAfterrthe clothes havebeen thoroughly cleansed, the closure .device ma be replaced and the receptacle v12 filled with an"- other liquid intendedto rinse or to blue the clothesA and further 'agitation continued.

ferent liquids'having different properties, necessarily employed 'in the cleaning of clothes, may be Ikept up indefinitely and in each instance the clothes subjected to the action of'a prepared liquid of a desired words, the clothes are whirled, tumbled and agitated in a definitely prepared liquid until `they are cleaned from d1rt or deleterious substances.

This method of subjecting the clothes to lili izo ' tank containedvv insaid frame of the main device it may be entirely omitted if desired. y

What I claim and. desire y'to secure by Letters Patent, is

A Washing machine comprising a frame containing -a receptacle having curvilineary walls adapted to receive a cleansing medium and thearticles to lloe cleaned,` an overflow and arranged adjacent to said receptacle and adapted to receive the overflow of the cleansing nnediuni from said receptacle, means for supplying and forcibly discharging downwardly approximately .parallel with one of the curl vilincar Walls a cleansing medium, into said receptacle for impartlng to sald cleanslng lnednunsin sald receptacle and the articles carried thereby a vertical whirling motion and a pump for exhausting vthe cleansing medium from saidV overflow plying it to said incans.

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, my hand in` presence of two subscribing Wit- W. S.-`TRUE, C. E. HUMPHREY..

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